
Tip of the week
Three films connected by theme, idea, personality, genre or just the taste of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival programmers. Three Times is a dynamic collection that gradually grows with new trios of films and as an enduring inspiration it is worth visiting regularly.
3× Miloš Macourek
Undoubtedly one of the most original screenwriters of the 20th century, a master of playful imagination and iconic comedies full of quirky paradoxes. It's January, there's little sun – it's time for some Macourek.
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Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Sci-fi comedy
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How to Drown Dr Mráček or The End of Water Sprites in Bohemia
Comedy
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„Four Murders Are Enough, Darling“
Comedy
3× long take
Long takes that go beyond mere formal gesture. Michael Haneke, Gaspar Noé, and above all, one-take master Philip Barantini, in films where time takes center stage.
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Hidden
Mystery thriller
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Boiling Point
Kitchen thriller
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Climax
Dance horror
3× Irish Shamrock
The bold comedy Kneecap fires rap bullets for Irish freedom, the horror Oddity shoots classic ghostly ammo across the living and dead, and Sing Street brims with music and '80s Dublin energy.
3× Jiří Trnka
Who Jiří Trnka was and what films he created during a challenging period of Czechoslovak history will be explored through two of his magical films and a documentary portrait.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Fairytale faerie
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The Czech Year
Poetic animation
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Jiří Trnka: A Long Lost Friend
Documentary
3× Sidse Babett Knudsen
Danish star shone in TV hits like Borgen and Westworld; her film roles are just as striking. Three standout performances by Sidse Babett Knudsen, including the lead in the new release The Warden.
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CZK 129
Sons
Drama thriller
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After the Wedding
Drama
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Club Zero
Psychological thriller
3× pig
Three takes on a pig: the adorable, pink piglet Kvík for the whole family’s delight, the sow Gunda in a captivating exploration of animal life, and a pig in a supporting but crucial role in the story of Our Lovely Pig Slaughter.
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CZK 129
Our Lovely Pig Slaughter
Human comedy
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Oink
Family comedy
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Gunda
Documentary
3× before seeing Babygirl
The central acting trio from the provocative erotic thriller, which is just hitting cinemas, in pivotal life roles.
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Dogville
Mystery drama
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Law of Desire
Dark comedy
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Triangle of Sadness
Comedy drama
3× Bolek Polívka
Boleslav Polívka personally presented the premiere of a newly restored version of Věra Chytilová's Kalamita, in which he stars, on January 16 as part of the KVIFF Classics festival. We see this as a great opportunity to revisit his other films as well.
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The Inheritance or Fuck off, Boys, Guten Tag
Comedy
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Forgotten Light
Drama
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Home Care
Bitter comedy
3× life in photography
How the transformations of society, wartime conflicts, and the world of fashion and celebrities are reflected in the images of three legends of global photography: Libuše Jarcovjáková, Antonín Kratochvíl and Helmut Newton.
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CZK 129
I’m Not Everything I Want to Be
Documentary portrait
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Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Documentary
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My Father Antonín Kratochvíl
Documentary
3× don’t play with devils
There are different kinds of devils; fairy tales have kind-hearted ones, but Mr. Bohouš Devil has only the traits that would send him straight to hell.